So here we are up to a double digit season number and also a
supersized forty four episode season….yea, you read that right. Though to be
fair technically it’s twenty two two-part episodes and that’s how I’ll be
posting them all….With this season we also get the dropping of the ‘Next
Generation’ subtitle and the intro also of fan
favorites Drew Torres introduced in this episode and Eli
Goldsworthy introduced in the next pair. Also you’ll note the season is more
fast paced and there is allot more character/story arcs happening thought the
season as opposed to one episode then done.
The season opens where the movie left off in New York at the
Coyne penthouse. Its Holly J’s going away party. It’s not really goodbye it’s
see you in a few months when you arrive at Yale. Fiona finally arrives at the
party after her exhale in the Hamptons all renewed and refreshed with a new
boyfriend. Declan just doesn’t trust Bobby…maybe it’s cause he’s Fiona’s first
(and only) real boyfriend or maybe just maybe it’s cause of something else.
WHATEVER IT TAKES---I think it’s the same background vocals
as last season….90% sure of it. The credits are a mix of old and new clips and
faces…it opens with new shots of Peter, Sav, Clare, and newbie Eli. Then it’s
the old Coyne Twin and Leia/Holly J scenes. A new one with new teacher Miss Oh,
Connor and Wesley. The old Chantey/Anya and Jenna/Dave scenes then more new
content with Adam and Bianca (newbies) along with Simpson and KC followed by
newbie Drew, Riley and Alli with the pimp spot...
Sav enters the New
and improved Dot where Anya is just leaving and giving him the cold shoulder.
It’s going to be a long year…..also….sidebar…..I liked the older color scheme
and feel of the Dot much better than the new….Peter comments that Sav will make
some new friends this year….enter Drew in all his douche glory. He places an
order and says he’s planning to be a regular at the grille since he’s transferred
to Degrassi. He and Sav introduce one another to themselves and Drew even spots
Sav for whatever he’s drinking…or was it the other way to tell. Anyway Drew
leaves and Sav just rolls his eyes thinking that if Drew is his potential new
friend….yea this is going to be a fun year
Clare with an adorable new haircut greets Alli while Simpson
is looking out to the students…after all these years he’s finally principal. Conner
then looks over to Dave wanting to talk to him about that ‘Thing’ he was supposed
to do to try to impress Alli….there is a glitch though Dave doesn’t care cause
he’s going to be the grade ten class representative and woo her with power.
Holly j’s heading out but Fiona wishes she didn’t have to
leave. She’s in a better place thanks to the salty air and a good shrink. She
hopes Holly J and she can become great friends and she wished that Holly J
could stay because the double dates would be amazing. Declan tells Holly J the
months will fly by and he gives her a magazine to read on the plane.
The grade tens enter the media class and all the chairs are
missing. That doesn’t stop Clare and Alli from standing at a computer where
Alli is pissed that she’s ranked 42 in the girls of Degrassi list Dave made.
Connor whispers to him how he told him there were issues with the algorithm.
Simpson then comes in saying how as Principal he’s instated new things and one
being yoga balls in the lab to improve posture. He also wants to introduce the
new MI teacher Miss Oh who is the new ‘Hot Teacher’
Declan and Fiona enter Vanderbilt and Fiona comments how she
missed how privilege felt like. Fiona stays back saying Bobby is going to show
her around. Declan tells her while Bobby is her first boyfriend he’s had many
girlfriends. Bobby promises that while the school is a hotbed of secrets and
lies he promises to be honest to her. She comments about the ugly uniforms and
Bobby comments how he’s talked to the board about it and that they’d love to
see her changes at the benefactor’s brunch. She asks Bobby to help her with
them however he’s got plans. He tells her she should be happy he did this.
Holly J comes home from the trip and begins to unpack and by
unpack I mean knocking off a shelves worth of things and placing a photo of her
and Declan on it. Stepping back she sees empty boxes….that’s weird.
Mrs. Bhandari asks how the first day of the most popular guy
in school’s senior year went. Sav claims he’s not popular he was just riding on
the coat tails of the band and plans to just keep a low profile. His mom tells
him he should embrace it and run for president.
Sav says Holly J is going to go for a second term. But she’s running
unopposed and a little healthy competition never hurts…..Sav’s told to think
about it.
Meanwhile speaking of Holly J she’s skyping with Declan and
he’s asking her if being incoming president it gave her privilege to skip day
one. She says how she wouldn’t miss much anyway and asks Declan about how his
day went. Holly J’s mom comes in and the
couple call their Skype session short. Holly J instantly asks about the boxes
and her mom says how they sold the house and found an apartment a few blocks
away. Now back in season eight it was
sad how the dad made some bad investments and so they had lost allot of money
which was why they needed to tighten up and Holly J stopped being a spoiled
brat and got the job at the Dot thus beginning to make her a well-rounded and
likeable character. Well the mom is saying now how the dad is still out of work
and how their financial advisor ran off with their entire nest egg including
Holly J’s college fund. I assume her dad worked in the financial sector somehow
which is why the job loss. Mrs. Sinclair says how there are plenty of local
schools and they are moving to pinch pennies to send her to one.
Declan says how they had some good cleanish fun at their
guys night and he was wrong about Bobby. He seems like a nice guy. He asks
Fiona about the uniforms and Fiona is proud about them. Laura is great that the
kids are hitting it off back home.
Sav starts to talk to Holly J saying how he didn’t think she’d
be back from the city and how he was thinking of running for something. She informs
him a secretary job is open however he wants to go for the big leagues….Holly J
thinks he’s joking however when he introduces Holly J to Drew as his competition
for the job Holly J knows he means business. Holly J says that he’s not presidential
material but she’d be honored to have him as her vice. Sav shakes his head.
Bobby shows up and is sorry for being late. He had fun the
other night but what happens with the guys stays with them. He then ends up grabbing Fiona’s arm with
force.
Holly J speaks to the café as the incumbent president asking
students to vote for their class Reps. Sav decides to but in and announce his
candidacy…..oh it’s WAR.
Dave’s upset about Connor messing up the rank. At least
before Alli had friend-zoned him however now he’s persona non grata to her.
Holly J is bitter about this Sav thing and starts venting
about it to his ex. How will Yale look at her if she’s only runner up, she
could lose Declan…..plus well as Anya brings up who would watch over the students
at the school. Anya then asks what she can do to take down Sav since she’s
bitter about how he dumped her at prom just after swapping virginities….who
knows what would happen if she got pregnant.
Bobby is looking at Fiona’s snow globe collection and she
tells them they are dorky little gifts from her dad. Bobby then comments as she
brings out her dressers dummy shocked that she’s actually making a sample and
by hand no less instead of just showing them the drawings. Fiona comments about
how she’s going to make a change but Bobby instantly corrects her pronoun to we.
He starts to kiss her however she’s got to get back to work. He doesn’t care
and drags her toward the couch and begins to forcefully kiss her saying how her
parents would love it if they walked in on them together because they are a
perfect match. She slaps him in self-defense to get him off her and he slaps
back….hard…giving her a black eye.
The next day Holly J wants to apologize to Sav. She tells
him he’s only running because she told him he couldn’t. He asks why she wants
to be president and she says to be in charge. He says that’s why he is too. She
then brings up college and a future….a future Sav isn’t going to have because
he’s going to be a teen dad. That’s right…Anya is going to have his baby.
Laura is calling Fiona to the brunch where Bobby just
arrived with a huge bouquet of flowers as Fiona is putting cover up on her eye….TBC
also factoid moment gone are the freeze frame endings and instead it just cuts
to a black screen leading into the credits and outro.
At the brunch Fiona is straightening up Bobby’s outfit
saying how it will be the first new uniform in 50 years and she wants it to be
perfect. He notes the bruise on her eye and apologizes. Fiona’s giving her
presentation and her dad whispers to the mom about how he thinks it’s too much
pressure on her. Fiona shows a new design for the school crest and one of the
board members says it’s blasphemous to change something that traditional.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Holly J wants to know if Anya talked to Sav because Holly J
has a favor. When she talks to him play it up that she’s pregnant with his
child. Anya doesn’t know about this but Holly J comments how it’s perfect….no
one will elect a baby daddy to run the school and Anya did want to extract
revenge.
Dave’s talking to Wesley about impressing Alli and making
her his girl. Alli is in a particular chipper mood because she’s decided to put
out her own list…. A looser list to which Dave is number one.
Dawes is assigning a pottery assignment when Anya goes into
the art room asking if it’s true and Anya is pregnant. She tells him yes but
she’s got a project to work on and it’s not like they were talking for her to
tell him. He asks if she’s keeping it and she says probably. He comments how
she took the morning after pill but she says she must have had it too late and
unless he wants to go all ghost and sing Unchained Melody he needs to go.
Declan and her parents are commending Fiona on a family
party gone right as despite that guy’s comment it seems things went off without
a hitch and there is a good chance Fiona’s designs are going to be considered.
The family is in a good place and is ready for a year of normalcy. She excuses
herself to refill the carafe of OJ when she spots Bobby making out with another
girl.
Sav sits down at the ‘homework table’ and he has news. His
mom does too; his father’s cousin is going to make him posters. His mom is so
proud of him for running however Sav says he’s thinking of dropping out because
things are complicated.
Bobby shows up at the penthouse because Fiona was absent
from school though there was a Barney’s sale. Fiona says no she really had a
migraine plus she saw Bobby with Tinsley. Bobby tells her that Tinsley threw
herself onto him and he loves her. Later after Bobby leaves Laura gets a call
from Bobby’s mom saying they want to have dinner with the Coynes. Laura gives Fiona a gift from Bobby, a snow
globe of Aspen and they wax nostalgic about when she, Declan and Bobby were
little kids.
Sav’s transferred out of his beloved music and into art
class so he could have more classes with Anya. She comes first right now and he’s
there for her. He asks what happens now and she comments she’s going to get
fat. She hasn’t told her parents yet but he wants her with him when he tells
his. Anya can’t believe he’s being so awesome about this and Anya begins to
wonder why she didn’t fake a pregnancy sooner.
Wesley and Connor are rapping to promote Dave and then Dave
takes the mic however everyone is calling him a looser.
Alli is still bitching about her being 42 on the list SHUT THE FUCK UP ALLI Also Clare apparently
made number 3. Anyway Alli is wining about how she is going to be undateable
and her entire Sophomore Year has already gone down the tubes….Clare sweetie, I
think you need to order some cheese from Peter to go with Alli’s wine. And what
about Prom….it’s the most important thing in a young woman’s life…again you’re
a SOPHMORE! Dave shows up and tells Alli
how the looser list was uncalled for and is ruining his bout for class rep.
Dave tells her she was supposed to be number one….she’s the hottest girl in
school with a bullet. She tells him he has her vote and he tells him that’s not
all he wants. She gives him a peck but that’s all it is, a peck.
Declan is bribing Fiona to come to dinner with them however
Fiona is faking sick. Declan comments how she promised no drama and she tells
him she’s not being dramatic she just wants to be alone. Declan tells her to
enjoy her snow globe and she dramatically chucks it across the room.
Sav is talking to Anya about the baby as well as other
things. She comments about how he’s looking all presidential and decisive but
he’s thinking about dropping out of the race. Anya tells him not too which so
wasn’t in Holly J’s plan….whoops….saying that being president shows strong
leadership qualities much like being president. Sav then asks for her baby name
list. She says she doesn’t have one but he
calls her out on it saying he’s seen her writing one all the way back from when
they first dated. Anya nods saying for a boy she’s always loved Victor.
Fiona skypes Holly J from Declan’s account. She asks why she
can’t be happy like Holly J and Declan, why is she broken. Fi you’re not broke
just not into penis just saying….anyway Anya shows up on Holly J’s end and
Fiona apologizes for keeping her from her friend. Holly J tells her whenever
she needs to talk she’ll be there for her and to take it easy on the drinking.
Anya tells Holly J the good news is she’s going to keep
being pregnant and the better news is that she’s back with Sav. She’ll fake a miscarriage
when the time is right…..it’s better than faking a pillow baby and the memantic
‘Whatever It Takes’ is spoken.
Sav’s hanging up posters and Holly J comments why he’s still
going on with it with….you know. Sav
comments how he has a strong support system and takes Anya’s hand….that two
faced bitch.
Bobby tells Fiona she missed a great dinner. He brings up
how she’s still jealous over the kiss and he told her he meant nothing by it
and moves her. His cell rings however and she asks who it is. He tells her it’s
nobody and nothing however Fiona manages to grab the phone finding out its
Tinsley. She throws his phone saying how she thought it was a one-time thing.
She starts to scream and he comments to her asking if she wants people to
thinks he’s crazy. She threatens to tell and he comments that nobody would
believe her word over his. He’s saying this as he’s forcefully pinning her
against a wall. She gets away and starts to run up stairs however he grabs her
arm and she falls down them. She cries in tears that she wants to break up and
he comments no she doesn’t.
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